Na Pali Coast

These cliffs, called Ha’ele’ele, are known to Hawaiians as the lifting
of point for spirits entering the after-life.According to mythology,
spirits and ghosts would come to Polihale from other parts of Hawaii.
Long ago, homes were even built near Polihale with no east-facing
doors to prevent traveling spirits from getting trapped inside.

After resting at the heiau at Polihale Beach, the spirits would climb
the 300-foot seacliffs and leap off to get to Po -- the offshore
afterworld. Polihale means House of Po. The heiau at Polihale is one
of the oldest and most sacred in Hawaii. It remains even today.